:) Okay done is a VM on a single VMDK.. 10G nics (virtual and physical) On 3 December 2015 at 14:27, Amos Jeffries <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 3/12/2015 9:18 a.m., Alex Samad wrote: >> Discard you mean delete .. the cache directories >> > > Yes, and redo the squid -z process to partition new one(s). > >> if so >> >> I currently have 3 directories, is this an opportunity to consolidate >> down to 1 directory is that better ? > > Another tricky question with "it depends" as the answer. > > If you have a fast (Gbit) network and want lowest latency possible, > removing cache_dir entirely is best. But you will pay for latency gains > in bandwidth from the lower HIT ratio. > > If the cache_dir are of UFS/AUFS/diskd type and on the same HDD. Then > there will definitely be speed gains from removing 2 of them. If they > are on different HDD disk/spindles then you only gain if the removed > ones have slow RPM speeds, commonly have errors, or are in use a lot by > other processes. > > Amos > > _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users